Breaking: A wind-driven brush fire in Los Padres National Forest north of Santa Barbara is threatening homes and has forced evacuations.
Winds are expected to increase, especially at higher elevations, with some areas of the Santa Ynez Mountains expected to see gusts of up to 65 mph, according to the weather service.
Eliason said that the fire is burning through dense, old brush, and that much of the area hasn’t burned since the Painted Cave fire in 1990. The area where the Cave fire is burning was also dry, with relative humidity reported at 14% as of 5:25 p.m., according to the National Weather Service.Mandatory evacuations have been ordered for the area of Highway 154 east to Ontare Road and from Foothill Road to the top of Camino Cielo. An evacuation warning has been issued for Highway 154 west to Fairview Avenue and Ontare Road east to Gibraltar Road.
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